Washmitt.



L. M. HIGK3.

WASHMITT. APPLIGATION FILED OUT. 23, 1914.

Patented Mar. 16, 1915.

LAURA HICKS, OF BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA:

WASHMITT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 16, '19115.

' Application filed October 23, 1914. Serial No. 868,184.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAURA Bloomington, Monroe county, and State of Indiana, have invented and discovered certain new and useful Improvements in Washmitt s, of which the-following is a specification.

My said invention consists in an improved constructionof fwash mitt or device adapted to be worn upon one hand and afford a rubbing surface upon which the user can, with the other hand, rub small articles, such as laces, handkerchiefs, and articles of delicate fabric and texture, for cleansing purposes, the construction being such that the mitt may be readily adjusted to the hand, firmly and rigidly held While in use, and readily and conveniently removed when desired, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereofand 'on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a perspective .view illustrating a mitt of my improved construction as adjusted to the hand and ready for use, Fig. 2 a view of the back of the mitt removed from the hand, and Fig. 3 a view of the front of the mitt removed from the hand.

The mitt consists of a metal plate A formed preferably of light metal, such as ingits edges from a point near the outer end rolled back to form finger receiving sockets or holes a in which -the first and little finger of the hand may be readily inserted. A recess is formed near the base of the mitt in position to receive and partially inclose the thumb, andalip 11 is bent outward from the face of the mitt to form a hold against which the ball of the thumb may be placed to hold the mitt firmly in place upon the hand and prevent it from moving as the article being washed is rubbed back and forth upon its surface. The thumb receiving recess is preferably formed with an elliptically shaped slit 10 tending to the outside so. that the opposite inner copies a! this patent may be obtained for M. HICKS, a citizen of the United States, residing atcorners thereof may be bent inwardly or outwardly and thus opened or closed to fit hands of different sizes, and thus securely anchor the mitt to the base of the thumb, the metal being of a character to permit such arrangement and adjustment.

This form of mitt, as will be readily seen, is comparatively inexpensive to construct, while aflording every advantage in use of the ordinary wash board and for the particular purpose intended, enabling the user to Wash articles of a character easily injured or destroyed, with such care as to avoid such injury or destruction.

Having thus fully-described my said in-' vention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A: wash mitt of the character described formed of a' sheet of metal having a transversely corrugated surface with its edges rolled back to form finger receiving sockets, and with an aperture adapted to receive the thumb, substantially as set forth.

2. A wash mitt of the character described consisting-of a single metal plate having a corrugated surface and formed with integral finger receiving sockets on its edges and with a thumb receiving'aperture through which the thumb may be inserted, and with a thumb hold consisting of a projecting lip adjacent to said thumb receiving aperture adapted to form a bearing for the ball of the thumb to enable the wearer to hold said -mitt in place during use, substantially as set forth.

3. A wash mitt of the character described side extending to the outside of the device,

whereby said aperture may be adjusted to the hand of the wearer and secured to the base of the thumb, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Bloomington, Indiana this 5th day of October, A. D. nineteen bun-- dred and fourteen.

I LAURA M. HICKS. Witnesses:

MARY Hrcns,

HELEN L'. HIcKs.

flve cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Wuhington,3.43." 

